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Photos by Dan Sanfordtenth, pinned the second seed in ahuge upset and finished sixth.Walter and Cy both finished in thetop eight, while the team overallfinished seventeenth, the highestplacingEIL team.The girls volleyball team finishedthe season 8–10 and, for the firsttime, qualified for a second-year-ina-rowappearance in the EasternIndependent League tournament,finishing at 1–1. Sarah Thornton’09 finished the season with 96kills, 42 aces, and 21 blocks andwas voted to the EIL All-Leagueteam. Also contributing to CA’ssuccess was Samantha Mankin’10, who stepped in for last year’sAll-League setter Kristian Shaw ’07and, in her first year as a starter,set a single-season school recordfor assists. Sarah Oliveira ’09 andFrances Bothfeld ’08 both receivedEIL honorable mentions.“The last two marathons I have run in honor ofRick but also as a tribute to my dad,” sheexplained. “My dad was incredibly positive andremarkably courageous—and his life was cutshort by cancer—but I feel like he powers methrough the challenges of marathon training.”Though running Boston is a thrill for Beach,“raising funds for cancer research is what it’s allabout for me.” She raised more than $20,000this year for the Dana Farber Cancer Institute,encouraged by the $19,000 she raised in 2007—far exceeding her initial goal of $6,500.While every CA marathoner has a story,some are more unusual than others. AcademicCA’s marathoners—seated, for a changeDean Drew led a blind runner through the secondhalf of the Washington’s Birthday Marathonin Maryland in 1990. In a 5K sponsored by theNational Association of Science Teachers, Drewearned a little-known running accolade: “fastestscience teacher.” In perhaps the gutsiest chapterof CA running lore, an appropriately confidentBen Stumpf ’88, CA’s director of academic technology,took on his first Boston Marathon withoutany training, except for the intense soccerhe regularly played. He completed it without incident,though his second marathon, he cautioned,was “much less exciting and more painful.”—Gail FriedmanCarol Anne Beach Flying Pig 2006; Boston 2007, 2008Director of AthleticsTara Bradley Boston 1989Director of CommunicationsJenny Brennan Marine Corps 2004;Assistant Director of Athletics Greater Hartford 2005Gianna Drew Marine Corps 1986NurseJohn Drew Marine Corps 1985, 1986;Academic Dean Boston 2004Mark Engerman Boston 1988, 1995, 1996, 2008;Mathematics TeacherNew York 1990; California Int’l(Sacramento) 1991; Cape Cod 1994;Vermont City 2000; Bay State 2007Parkman Howe Boston Peace 1988English TeacherPeter Jennings Portland, OR 1996; Chicago 1998Director of College CounselingKarina Johnson Boston 2006; New York 2007;Girls Cross-Country Coach Shamrock 2008Kate Leonard Keybank, VT 2006; Boston 2008Girls Lacrosse CoachJohn McGarry Boston 1992, 1993, 1995Director of Financial AidTim Seston Cape Cod 2003Mathematics TeacherJonathan Smith New York 1986Visual Arts TeacherHilde Steffey Boston 2006Science TeacherSandy Stott Maine Coast 1980Dean of FacultyBen Stumpf ’88 Boston 1999, 2001Director of Academic TechnologyJonathan Waldron BostonFest 1983; Boston 1984,Boys Cross-Country Coach 1991, 1994, 2001; Hyannis 1991;Huntsville (AL) 1991;Cape Cod 1992, 1993, 2000, 2007Eliza Wall Boston 2001, 2003Director of Annual Giving37WWW.CONCORDACADEMY.ORG SPRING 2008